Paris - Day Five

This day was planned with our Debra Sue in mind: grands magasins! Samaritain, Galeries Lafayette, and Printemps Haussmann. On the way home we stopped at a local shop for some supplies and a guy with an accordion walked in and played a ditty. The accordion players seem to be a recurring theme. Later, in the evening, we walked up to the Contrescarpe neighborhood for dinner at Oh Purée, still my favorite Paris restaurant. Afterwards I grabbed a slice of flan from Anthony Bosson: soooo good! We had a twilight walk through the Emily in Paris neighborhood. (I know some don't care for the show, we like it because of the setting, and so does Debby.) We ended with a run-by-fruiting of the Panthéon and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. I sinned and bought a Portuguese pastel de nata, a little custard pie. The Anthony Bosson flan was definitely the winner.

Let the fun begin

Our local guy makes killer croissants

The Seine on a blustery morning

My favorite . . .

Because of the architecture and design

It's like the Tour Eiffel and a department 

store had a baby

The current theme is "hair" and I think

it is super-creepy and gross -- but

kind of cool (says Debby)

A very tall and red-wigged and glasses-less Edna Mode 

daubing paint on the façade of Louis Vuitton

The Galeries Lafayette canopy is worth going in

The guts of the canopy from above

So can you tell my stomach is clenched?

🎶 Lovely ladies

Busy Boulevard Haussmann

A candid shot headed home on the Metro

Sweet Jesus Metro

Deb's video capture of accordion #3

Fleurs on the Rue Monge

So this is love

DSDG at Oh Purée

The flavors and textures are incredible

Place de la Contrescarpe is garbage-free and lovely

Place de la Contrescarpe

The BEST flan

Debby (not Emily) in Paris

Another Emily in Paris site on the Place de l'Estrapade

Panthéon at dusk

Almost dark at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont

More later.

OXO

D.